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A6 crash in Chorley on 24 May 2001 at 13:35 involving a Vauxhall Corsa

A Vauxhall Corsa and a Jeep Cherokee were involved in a crash on the A6 in Chorley at 13:35 on Thursday 24 May 2001. The 66-year-old female driver of the Jeep Cherokee and the 81-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Corsa were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 May 2001
Thursday, 13:35
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Corsa and Jeep Cherokee
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.68698, longitude -2.63942, in the PR6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Whittle-le-Woods. It is one of the crashes that make up the Buckshaw & Whittle, Chorley, PR6 7HW area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200104C044401
Council area
Chorley
Police force
Lancashire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 5 December 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    81 years
    Engine capacity
    1,389 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Jeep Cherokee

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    66 years
    Engine capacity
    3,960 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 66, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Jeep Cherokee)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 81, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 200104C044401 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Chorley road accident statistics for 2001.